Agriculture

Supreme Court: Raisin growers can challenge marketing rules

A 15-page Supreme Court decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas gives a new tool to farmers who are unhappy about how the marketing orders operate.

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AGRICULTURE

Invasion of the beetles, and a rancher's revenge

Rather than watch the bugs turn their land into a tinderbox for wildfires, a familys decided to stop tree-eating beetles. In the process, they found a way to turn their ravaged wood into something useful: a material for making accessories for Apple products
AGRICULTURE

Bradenton farm concludes its tomato sale Saturday

Hunsader farms concludes popular $5 dollar u-pick tomatoes sale.
LAKEWOOD RANCH HERALD

Manatee citrus industry growing vulnerable as greening spreads

Greening is seriously threatening to cut back the citrus industry in Manatee County, which ranks 10th in Florida for citrus acreage.
AGRICULTURE

Citrus disease with no cure is ravaging groves statewide

Orange production has already decreased 10 percent from the initial estimate, officials say.
AGRICULTURE

Coke plans major expansion of Fla. orange groves

The Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday that it is spending $2 billion to support the planting of 25,000 acres of new orange groves in Florida, a move officials are lauding as a major investment in the Sunshine State's citrus industry.
AGRICULTURE

Buchanan honored by American Farm Bureau Federation

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, has received the “Friend of the Farm Bureau” award from the American Farm Bureau Federation
AGRICULTURE

Ag on the Hill
AGRICULTURE

Palmetto tomato grower welcomes Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers on way to Publix protest

Pacific Tomato Growers in Palmetto welcomes farmworkers during protest march to Publix headquarters
AGRICULTURE

Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers inspire ecumenical effort in Manatee

Several Manatee County churches are supporting a march from Fort Myers to Lakeland of the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers.
TECHNOLOGY

U.S. Supreme Court quizzes farmer on soybean patent

An Indiana farmer who clashed with Monsanto Co. over his replanting of its patented soybean seeds ran into steady skeptical questions Tuesday from the Supreme Court.